8. February 2012 by Friedhelm.

I saw the erasers laying around and decided to create an image. I also wanted a reflection in the image and used the shiny top of my laptop computer as a reflecting surface. I tried several different positions of my strobe light and settled for this image.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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2. February 2012 by Friedhelm.

I got a few chestnuts and I envisioned black and white image to bring out the structure of the nuts. I decided to used a single strobe positioned at about 11 o’clock to create some shadows and a harsh light. I did not use a soft-box or umbrella to soften the light instead I used “barn-doors” to create a small directional light source. After a few shots I decided to ad a small reflector on the right hand side to light up some of the dark spots.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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16. January 2012 by Friedhelm.

I photographed this lonesome tree and after I took a quick look at the image in my camera I looked up again and saw this gentleman walking towards the tree. A second later I snapped this image. I believe there is a deep connection between humans and mother nature and even if I cannot explain it I can express it in my images.

Enjoy and have a great week.

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10. January 2012 by Friedhelm.

Due to the drought the creeks in Tuolumne meadows were low and partially frozen. I liked the cold-warm contrast of the ice and the rocks in the creek bed.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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28. December 2011 by Friedhelm.

I saw this old iron chair outside a store in Mariposa, CA. I wanted the backrest “emerge” in the background. I used a 50mm lens and started photographing starting with a wide open lens. Of all the images I took I liked this one with an aperture setting of f2.8.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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22. December 2011 by Friedhelm.

I was photographing in Yerba Buena Park in San Francisco. Several people were sleeping in the warm December afternoon sun. The light was actually not that great fro photography but when I saw the people walking by this sleeping gentleman I had to take the shot. I love the dynamic of this image. The resting guy in focus versus the walking people with the dog. The red hat just draws your eyes to the lower right side of the image.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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14. December 2011 by Friedhelm.

This is St. Mary’s church in Moraga, CA. The church is part of St. Mary’s college which was originally started in Sam Francisco and later moved into the East Bay.

I wanted to give the image some 3D feeling by using the stairs in front of the church. There is also the light in the trees and the light at the stairs that compete with the lights in the church. The stairs are also functioning as a leading line to draw your eyes towards the church. All in all I consider this a pretty dynamic image.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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9. December 2011 by Friedhelm.

It is always fun to freeze a moment in history. I tried to photograph water droplets as they were falling into a blue glass bowl. After a while I got a few nice images. Enjoy this one!

Happy Friday and keep on photographing!

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7. December 2011 by Friedhelm.

I used a 180mm macro lens, camera with attached cable release and a heavy tripod to create this image. Camera setting: f25, 1.6 sec., ISO 100.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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27. November 2011 by David.

I’m not one for major photo manipulation, but I think this is just cool.

This is called the Droste Effect and is a plugin filter for Photo Shop. I saw it on the web and just had to try and copy it. The web video was about 7 min long. It took me just a tag longer, yes that was sarcasm. I tried several different items, this flower and a clock worked very well. Some stuff just turned out bad.

Learned that if I do much more of this I’m going to need a faster graphics card. Any suggestions?

Keep clicking

Dave

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